Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: GrabPERF| Technology
23 Jul 2006As everyone should know by now, GrabPERF has moved to some pretty swell co-lo digs provided by our friends at Technorati. This saved us a bunch of money, both in connectivity and in power.
Now, after nearly 6 months of inactivity, I have decided to sell the original GrabPERF servers. I have no more need for [...]
Over the last two days, the Gawker Media sites measured by GrabPERF have shown significant degradation during peak hours.
Live data can be viewed here.
Most folks who read the affected blogs in feed readers will likely not notice the problem. However, no reason for the degradation has been released.
UPDATE: Gawker posted on the performance issue this [...]
In: RANTING
2 Mar 2006And what if some people did?
A study in obedience.
Technorati Tags: speed limit, 55
I was reading online (Slashdot) that some videos from Iraq are censored in the US.
Yup, it’s true
So much for “Do no evil”.
Any wagers on where the first internment camp will be opened in the United States? Guantanomo Bay and Eastern European “democracies” are not included in this pool.
Technorati Tags: Google, Google Video, censor, censorship
UPDATE: Turns [...]
In: smp
26 Sep 2005For all you local vloggers, there is a vlogging mini-conference coming up in Worcester, MA.
When: Monday, October 3rd, 6 p.m.
Who: You and your interested friends
What: “Meet the Vloggers” Worcester
Why: To learn more about videoblogging and build community
Directions to WPI: http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/directions.html
Campus map to find the Campus Center:
http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/Images/walkingmap.pdf
(The Campus Center is #6, behind Alumni Gym (#3) and [...]
In: smp
6 Jul 2005This morning, my server was the victim of a sustained DDoS lasting approximately 45 minutes. The entire flow of traffic came from the usual group of trackback and comment spam morons.
Now, the good news: b2evolution came through the event with flying colours. The antispam feature built into the product prevented ANY attempts by these morons [...]
In: smp
9 May 2005Get it while it’s hot! [here]
Via Gizmodo!
In: smp
26 Apr 2005In this post, where Scoble returns to his unabashed MSFT hyping (YAWN!), he does take time to remind us of Alan Turing.
One of the most influential thinkers in the mathematical, computing and intelligence sciences, Alan Turing was persecuted by the British government for being a gay man.
Did I mention that he was one of the [...]
In: smp
6 Apr 2005No, this is not a shameless attempt to drive me to the top of the rankings. It is a legitimate comment on a quiet little secret of the new Google Video Search.
Google co-founder Larry Page has announced that the company wants the public to send in its homemade videos – and he doesn’tÂ’t mind how [...]
Streaming and the Beijing Olympics – Is it live? Or is it NBC?
In: Commentary| Streaming
29 Aug 2008Over at NewTeeVee, there is a detailed look at the way that the streams were served and who served them. They also have a great discussion of the P2P and Torrent downloads, serving as an alternate method of getting the high quality streams out to a larger audience.
But John Furrier poses an interesting question, just [...]